Shame on you all!

Freddyx,

First, you need to chill.

Second, I'll have to reiterate what Ebaines said. I only got my VR4 in August, so I don't KNOW how it will perform.

Third, I JUST did a search on the phrase, 'DRIVE IN WINTER' and it brought up 11 pages of threads. Just quickly scanning the first two pages, I found THIS:

http://209.58.199.225/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48736&highlight=drive+in+winter

Fourth, a good portion of the members here are NOT imbued with the joys of a New England area winter. Most deal with more subdued, mild winters, from Maryland South on the east coast, and from uhmm... well, North California and south on the west. So those that saw your post, may not have been able to add anything usefull.

And fifth, and most important,

Thread movement has been UNREAL lately.

If you post a thread, and no one responds to it within 4 hours, its typically on the second page. By the end of a single night and day, (24 hours later) the thread can be as far back as page 5!!

With that said, any sports car with tremendous power always handles 'delicately' in the snow. NO stomping on the gas at any time, and no assuming that you can stop on a dime whenever you want... these cars ain't exactly 'light weight'....

Drive like you're breaking in the engine for the first time, and that the tires are bald, and you'll be ok in up to 2 inches or so of snow. Anything beyond that, and you should not be outside with this kind of car really.

Elton

*edit - spelling typo*

I did?? Where was I?

No, actually, this is the first I heard from FreddyX.

That's why I listed all the reasons, including the 'disappearing post' answer. I would have responded had I seen his post.

It wasn't me. it was Jeff, (aka DarkTrail) that actually responded to FreddyX's first post.

So PLEASE, give him the credit.

(you da man, Jeff. )

Original Thread is here:
http://www.3si.org/vbb/showthread.php?s=&postid=404255#post404255



Elton

Oh, come on, give us a break... I'm with Silverbullet on this one...

FIRST OF ALL, we're not OBLIGATED TO RESPOND and if we DON'T then there's no SHAME in it. This board is for FREE exchange of information... we should be able to pick and choose what we respond to.

But MORE IMPORTANTLY, look at the subject of your post "winter car?"... ok, what the hell does that mean? Are you posting Off Topic asking what type of winter car you should get.... that's what I thought the first time I saw your post. Since I dont' have an opinion on what type of winter car someone should get, then I didn't even bother to open it.

Look, I check this board HOURLY during the day and I bet there's at least 50 new topics started every day. I can't read them all, and I'm going to choose the ones that have the most pertinant subject line. "winter car?" doesn't tell me anything. "How does a 3s handle in the winter??" is something that we'd reply to.

YOU'LL NOTICE ONLY 21 PEOPLE EVEN OPENED THE THREAD!! And that's after you whined in this thread... that's not OUR FAULT that you can't make a subject line that makes sense.

So blame yourself, friend. Be more specific in your subject line and you may get more results.

Further, you asked for NEW ENGLAND information... do you know the chances that (1) someone will open the thread at all (2) that person would be from NE, (3) that person actually drives it in the winter, (4) that person has an opinion, (5) that person takes the initiative to respond? Add that to the aforementioned glut of posts and that your post was on the 2nd page within HOURS, and you have a recipe for only a few responses.

Anyway, welcome to the board, I see you only have 30-some posts, you'll get the hang of it soon... in the meantime please show some respect for the people who have been here for YEARS AND YEARS helping everyone for FREE.